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September 7, 2003

¿Perdió usted los dientes falsos anoche?

This morning I woke up early and walked to the 4th Ave. Staples to buy a storage tub for my now gargantuan pile of financial papers. I arrived home to find someone's false uppers on our stoop.

Of course, I could not resist running upstairs to get Cheesebus, who, in her pajamas, scurried back down with me to snicker. Our next door neighbor came out and we cautiously asked if she knew anyone who was missing some teeth.

Oh, she sighed. That's bad, those are expensive. She then proceeded to cup her hands to her mouth and yell up to our second floor neighbors:

Eh, Luis-- ¿Perdió usted los dientes falsos anoche? ¡Si usted hizo, ellos están en la escalinata anterior!

And Luis came padding downstairs to retrieve his upper canines. How he managed to leave them on the stoop last night it still a mystery. And the world was happy again...except for me, who hadn't gotten a chance to photograph the teeth before their owner put them back into his mouth.

Posted by callalillie at September 7, 2003 11:28 AM | WTF?